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This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
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Gwinnett Locally Grown: The Market is open for ordering! Welcome Double Bee Farm!
The Market is open Thursday at 9 – Monday at noon After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday morning. Pick up your order Tuesday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.
MARKET NEWS
_Welcome Double Bee Farm to Gwinnett Locally Grown!
Brady has been on GLG for a while offering half and quarter hogs but now we are getting some wonderful cuts from him!
All his hogs are fed non-GMO feed, veggies from the farm and whatever grasses they forage from the land. He is chemical free and believes that “Growing for the future is with our all natural products. Our philosophy is simple, natural is better for you!”
So check out what’s listed and watch for new items being added from Brady. If there’s something you’d like to see…e-mail me and we’ll work to get it! I’m hoping for bacon personally…and am working on that!
Let’s support him and show him we’re glad he’s here!!
An FYI for the veggie buyers out there, The Veggie Patch @ Bouchard Farms has been supplying many great vegetables! As we keep getting consistent low temperatures it is affecting their winter growing season. They are trying very hard to keep us supplied with as many organic items as they can. Spring is a better growing season and you will start to see more choices as they ramp up for peak season! Since only certain crops grow here in the winter, it’s not like they can produce all the things we see in the supermarket. All those items are flown in from all over. So hang in there…we will see more in the coming months! Please continue to support them and look forward to more yummy veggies!
I’m looking to post a survey real soon to see everyone’s interest in different items. We have opportunities to get some really cool items but there are minimum limits for some to get them offered on the Market. So be looking for that as I share the wonderful items available to us and see your interest!
Is anyone interested in Azure Standard? They are a group buy that is delivered once a month. We have the opportunity to participate….so go on
https://www.azurestandard.com. Please email me if you would like to participate!
_As Always….
_Please share with friends and family about us so that we can give more people the opportunity to buy and eat healthy! Local farmers need our support to keep providing us with all the fresh foods! If we don’t give them enough business, it’s hard for them to continue to deliver to us. Please let’s not let that happen! Tell your friends about us so we can keep the Growers supported as this is how they make their living. *_
Thank you to all of you who support Gwinnett Locally Grown!
Browse through to see all the great Growers we have and maybe you will find something new!
We have Wilderness Family Naturals Coconut Sugar, Flour and Organic Popcorn in the Market for sale! When you come to pick up your order, check them out! They are also now online!
If there is something you’d like to see in the Market, please let me know! I would love your imput!
Remember…
The Market is extending their hours! The Market will now be open from 4:00 to 7:00pm!
Having said that, if you place an order with us, PLEASE remember to pick it up on Tuesday. As I am so grateful for your orders, I also have a family at home waiting on me too! We cannot hold orders, especially cold items due to limited refrigeration space, so please be courteous and come for your order.
CLICK HERE NOW to Shop Gwinnett Locally Grown!
Thanks for all your support!
Shop often and eat well!
Cheryl Gelatt
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com
Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm
Please email grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.
McColloms Market: February FFFN Order
Hi All:
I’m sending this out early as I am leaving tomorrow night for my nephew’s wedding in Colorado. The Market will be open and ready for ordering first thing Friday morning. I won’t be able to close it until Tuesday morning but please get your orders in by Monday at 5pm.
Here’s the link: http://mccollomsmarketsl.locallygrown.net/
Pick up will be next Wed at my house (118 Shepard Ave.) from 4:30 to 6:45.
Happy Carnival.
Thanks.
Melinda
(518) 354-0202
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: Pick-up day clarification
The pick up day for Spa City Co-op is this Friday, Feb. 6. I re-used an older message on an earlier message that had the wrong date. Sorry for the confusion.
- Denise Marion
Naples,FL: Market is open and ready for orders
Please place orders. We have also closed membership so we aren’t taking any new members. This should help in making sure everyone has product available to purchase.
If you have Family and friends wanting product they will be able to purchase at Food and Thought.
ALFN Local Food Club: Market Reminder!
As someone who recently delved back into the world of cubicles and recycled air, I’m here to tell you that there’s no better fuel for the work day than fantastic local food. Need a quick breakfast? Try some sourdough toast and muscadine wine jelly. Got a little more time? Throw some pastured eggs, arugula, and ricotta together for a tasty omlette that can only be made more delicious with a dollop of lemon drop pepper jelly. Toss one whole chicken, a few fresh herbs, and some quartered sweet potatoes into a crockpot, and you’ll have a hot dinner waiting for you when you get home, and leftovers for the rest of the week.
Just think, you could have all this and more if you order before The Market closes at noon!
-Rebecca Wild
Program Manager
Do you have questions or comments about this, or any, weblog? Thoughts on local food, goods, or events? Reply to this email and let us know what’s on your mind. Your feedback is always greatly appreciated!
The Cumming Harvest - Closed: Newsletter - February 4, 2015
Market News
The market is open and ready for you to place orders online. You may pay online or when you pick up with either cash, check or a credit card. A 3% convenience fee is added to all credit card payments, online and in person.
Lizzie’s Pantry This is the week to order from Lizzie’s Pantry, Wheat Montana line of grains, flours and mixes that are GMO Free, Certified Chemical Free, All Natural, Nothing Added, Nothing Removed, Simply Delicious!
VICKERY PICK-UP – This week you may choose to pick up your order from the Vickery Village Cherry Street Taproom between 1:30-2:30pm. If you would like to pick up at Vickery choose VICKERY PICK-UP under the category on The Market. Unfortunately not be able to order meat or seafood due to the fact that in order to transport meat or seafood a mobile meat license is required and only our farmers have one. Once we see how popular this location is we may determine that deliveries by the vendors can be made directly to Vickery including meat and seafood.
DELIVERY to Vickery/Polo Area – Please add this item to your order if you would like delivery to your home on Saturday between 1-3pm. Only prepaid orders will be accepted. Deliveries will be dropped off at your front door. If you are not going to be home, please leave a insulated bag or cooler for your order. The delivery person is not responsible for making sure your food is in the appropriate container once dropped off. Please plan for possible rain and make sure your order will be protected. The delivery person will travel with your orders in insulated bags with ice packs to protect it during travel. No Meat or Seafood will be able to be delivered.
CalyRoad Creamery North Georgia’s Finest Handcrafted Artisan Cheeses…Coming Soon!
Cultured Traditions Traditional fermented products from all organic ingredients; currently Beet Kvass and Sauerkraut using traditional Russian recipes…Coming Soon!
Group Buy
Green Pastures – Our next group order for Green Pasture products will be on February 13th. The products are available for ordering this week and expect to be delivered by Feb 21st.
Raw Cheese – we still have some cheese at the market from last weeks delivery, let me know at pick up if you’d like to add some to your order.
Butter – Emmanuel King, an Amish farmer in Indiana is sending us raw butter which will be here this Saturday. It’s sold by the pound and is lightly salted or unsalted, sold for $6.50.
PICK UP LOCATION
Building 106, Colony Park Dr. in the Basement of Suite 100, Cumming, GA 30040. Pick up every Saturday between 10-12pm.
Google Map
To view the harvest today and tomorrow till 8pm, visit “The Market” page on our website, The Cumming Harvest
We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious locally-produced foods possible!
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: Volunteer for Friday
We still need one more volunteer for this Friday’s pick-up day. To sign up, please visit our online calendar at http://tinyurl.com/Co-opVolunteers or email me at kgharbut@aol.com.
Thank you.
Karen Harbut
Volunteer Coordinator
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is closed
The Spa City Co-op Market is now closed for ordering. Please plan to pick up your order this Friday, Feb 6th, at Emergent Arts between 3:30 – 5:30(Earlier is better.)
Please be sure to check the Volunteer Spot site on the market page to sign up to help with a market.
Thanks for your support of Spa City Co-op.
Denise Marion
Manager this week’s market
Spacity@locallygrown.net
501-655-3130
Spa City Local Farm Market Co-op: The market is closed
The Spa City Co-op Market is now closed for ordering. Please plan to pick up your order this Friday, Feb 6th, at Emergent Arts between 3:30 – 5:30(Earlier is better.)
Please be sure to check the Volunteer Spot site on the market page to sign up to help with a market.
Thanks for your support of Spa City Co-op.
Denise Marion
Manager this week’s market
Spacity@locallygrown.net
501-655-3130
Old99Farm Market: Energy Update: 2015 could be it
Richard Heinberg has been researching and chronicling the consequences and trends of fossil fuel, Fossil Sunlight some call it, for 17 years now.
I started tuning in around 2003, when the term ‘Peak Oil’ was still new. That was 12 years ago.
Here is a recent short essay by Heinberg, posted at http://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-02-02/after-the-peak, from which I append two extensive quotes (in the likely event you don’t go read the whole thing). He poses three questions to focus our attention, included below.
Ironically, just as the rate of the world’s liquid fuels production may be about to crest the curve, we’re hearing that warnings of peak oil were wrongheaded all along. The world is in the midst of a supply glut and prices are declining, tireless resource optimists remind us. Surely this disproves those pessimistic prophets of peril! However, as long-time peakist commentator Ron Patterson notes:
Peak oil will be the point in time when more oil is produced than has ever been produced in the history of the world, or ever will be in the future of the world. It is far more likely that this period will be thought of as a time of an oil glut rather than a time of an oil shortage.Within a couple of years, those of us who have spent most of the past two decades warning about the approaching peak may see vindication by data, if not by public opinion.
If our main goal during the past 17 years was to alert the world about looming challenges, now it is to foster adaptation to fundamental shifts that are currently under way. The questions that need exploration now are:
- How can we help build resilience throughout society, starting locally, assuming we will have little or no access to the reins of national policy?
- How can we help society adapt to climate change while building a zero-emissions energy infrastructure?
- How can we help adapt society’s energy consumption to the quantities and qualities of energy that renewable sources will actually be able to provide?
We have to assume that this work will have to be undertaken in the midst of accelerating economic decay, ecological disruption, and periodic crises—far from ideal operating conditions.
On the other hand, there is the possibility that crisis could act in our favor. As their routines and expectations are disturbed, many people may be open to new explanations of their predicament and to new behaviors to help them adapt to energy and monetary poverty. Our challenge will be to frame unfolding events persuasively in ecological terms (energy, habitat, population) rather than conventional political terms (good guys, bad guys), and to offer practical solutions to the burgeoning everyday problems of survival—solutions that reduce ecological strains rather than worsening them. Our goal should not be to preserve industrial societies or middle-class lifestyles as we have known them (that’s impossible anyway), but to offer a “prosperous way down,” as Howard Odum put it, while preserving whatever cultural goods that can be salvaged and that deserve the effort.
As with our recent efforts to warn society about peak oil, there is no guarantee of success. But it’s what needs doing.